German prisoners of war under guard by U.S. soldiers, in an open field in France, during World War II. Two Luftwaffe (Air Force) officers are among them. Two German officers smoke pipes. American officers converse with two of the German officers. Two women, being questioned, sit in a field and look at papers and photographs proffered by American soldiers. An armed American soldier and a jeep in background.
U.S. Field Grade Army officer conversing with a medical corpsman on street in Cherbourg, France, during World War 2. He has binoculars strung around his neck. View along waterfront and across the bay. Except for a derelict barge, no vessels of any kind are seen.
Elephants used by Allies during World War II. In Burma elephant pulls a log of wood. A mahout tries to get on the back of an elephant as he stands on its teeth. Elephant pulls a log of wood. Elephants push a wooden log up a ramp and load it onto a carrier. A baby elephant and its mother at work in the jungle. Two elephants pull and push an Australian Bofors gun up the steep slope of a hill as Australian forces of the British empire guide the effort
The USS Pilot, a U.S. Navy Raven/Auk class Mine Sweeper is seen docked at a pier, and then underway in coastal waters, shortly before World War 2. She is in camouflage paint and displays AM-104 identification on her bow. Some of her armament (20mm and 40mm antiaircraft guns) can be seen. Her crew demonstrates the deployment and retrieval of mine sweeping cable assemblies.
Nazi seaplane patrols the North Sea. A sketch of the German Blohm and Voss Bv 138 floatplane. A BV 138 seaplane takes off, by catapult, from a base in the North Sea. Views of aircraft in flight. Observer-gunner uses binoculars to observe area. Pilot and copilot in the cockpit of the aircraft. Plane in flight over German ships in the North Sea. Views from the BV 138 flying over ships putting up smoke screens.
Life of U.S. Navy sailors aboard a ship. United States sailors in their bunk beds in tight quarters aboard a ship. One of the sailors drinks from a mug. An officer stands near a bed.
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